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Hellenize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic. intransitive
  2. 2
    To render Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization. transitive

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑλληνίζω (hellēnízō, “to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”).

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